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Edition: U.S.
Edition: U.S.
Vol. 117 No. 12
Read the Cover StoryNATION
When the Cheering Died
Putting the Poor to Work
Taking His Act on the Road
A Treaty in Trouble
Freeing the CIA
Bottom-Line Man (The Presidency)
The Curse of Violent Crime (COVER STORIES)
One Week's Murder Victims
If It Happens to You...
The Duel over Gun Control
WORLD
Cracks in the Truce
(POLAND) Searching for Scapegoats
Toward a Farewell to Arms (EUROPE)
"Howe It Hurts" (BRITAIN)
A Chilly Debut (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Putting Pressure on Zia (Pakistan / PAKISTAN)
Fighting, with a Festive Interlude (EL SALVADOR)
The Grocery-Store Papers
The Soviets Stir Up the Pacific (ASIA)
SCIENCE
Why Moses Went the Long Way
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Coffee Nerves
(Medicine)
Cures That Kill (Medicine)
SOCIETY
Thailand's Mr. Contraception
(Sexes)
"Shy Di" Makes a Daring Debut (Living)
Hot-Selling Hungarian Horror (Living)
PRESS
A Five-Year Legal Toothache
Bumpy Takeoff
BUSINESS
In Search of a Trade Policy
(Economy And Business)
Shooting at Money Market Funds (Economy & Business)
Decontrol Prepares for Lift-Off (Economy & Business)
Three's a Crowd in Videodiscs (Economy & Business)
Big Oil Moves into Minerals (Economy & Business)
Suspicious Cut (Economy & Business)
EDUCATION
Making College More Costly
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Post Mark of Cain
(Cinema)
The Apocalypse on a Postcard (Art)
From Freud to Bicycling Monks (Art)
Giving New Composers a Hearing (Music)
The Grandest Diva (Books)
Drunkspeare (Books)
Best Sellers (Books)
MILESTONES
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PEOPLE
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TO OUR READERS
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(A Letter From The Publisher)
LETTERS
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